King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 12:6
“The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 12
4
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
5
The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
6
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.